The Queen’s baton for the 2014 Glasgow commonwealth games is now in Kampala for a two day transitional visit, having arrived from Kenya. The baton, which is similar to the Olympic touch contains a granite ‘gemstone’ will be given to each nation and territory during the visit. Inside the baton is the queen Elizabeth II’s hand written message to the commonwealth nations.
The baton was flagged off by the queen on October 9th, 2013 and will travel through 71 nations in the commonwealth block over a 288 day relay, covering 118,000 miles. It will conclude the journey at the opening of the 2014 commonwealth games in Glasgow on July 23, 2014.
While in Kampala, the baton passed by the Entebbe Special Forces headquarters, it was then officially received at the Uganda Olympic Committee headquarters. Among other places it will visit is the British embassy, source of the Nile in Jinja and parliament.
Commonwealth gold medalist Moses Kipsiro and former world steeple chase Dorcas Inzikuru ran with the baton from Entebbe international airport to the capital city Kampala.
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